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| ====Offices & Programs==== | | ====Offices & Programs==== |
| ICANN has created a number of offices and programs for the assessment and review of its level of accountability and transparency. | | ICANN has created a number of offices and programs for the assessment and review of its level of accountability and transparency. |
− | | + | * Office of the [[Ombudsman]] |
| + | * [[ICANN Anonymous Hotline Policy]]<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icann-anonymous-hotline-policy-04nov21-en.pdf Hotline Policy Document V. 3.0, ICANN]</ref> and Procedures for the Hotline Committee (ICANN’s General Counsel and Secretary, Deputy General Counsel, and Senior Vice President of Global Human Resource)<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icann-procedures-handling-reports-anonymous-hotline-04nov21-en.pdf Procedures for Handling Hotline Reports, ICANN version Nov 4, 2021]</ref> |
| =====Senior Staff===== | | =====Senior Staff===== |
− | The senior staff of ICANN serve as officers of the organisation and are elected annually by the Board. | + | The senior staff of ICANN serve as officers of the organization and are elected annually by the Board. |
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| ====NomCom==== | | ====NomCom==== |
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| ICANN also issues a "Transparency Report" at the end of each fiscal year, documenting statistics relevant to transparency efforts.<ref name="20ti">See, e.g. [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transparency-report-30jun20-en.pdf ICANN Transparency Report - 2019-20], June 30, 2020</ref> regarding the total percentage of internal process documents that are made publicly available. | | ICANN also issues a "Transparency Report" at the end of each fiscal year, documenting statistics relevant to transparency efforts.<ref name="20ti">See, e.g. [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transparency-report-30jun20-en.pdf ICANN Transparency Report - 2019-20], June 30, 2020</ref> regarding the total percentage of internal process documents that are made publicly available. |
| ===ICANN Documentary Information Disclosure Policy=== | | ===ICANN Documentary Information Disclosure Policy=== |
− | ICANN org has also established the [[ICANN Documentary Information Disclosure Policy]] to assist members of the public in obtaining information regarding ICANN's operations and decision-making.<ref name="didp">[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/didp-2012-02-25-en ICANN.org - Documentary Information Disclosure Policy], last updated February 25, 2012</ref> | + | ICANN org has also established the [[Documentary Information Disclosure Policy]] to assist members of the public in obtaining information regarding ICANN's operations and decision-making.<ref name="didp">[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/didp-2012-02-25-en ICANN.org - Documentary Information Disclosure Policy], last updated February 25, 2012</ref> |
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| ===Accountability Mechanisms=== | | ===Accountability Mechanisms=== |
| Amendments to the [[ICANN Bylaws]] established four [[Accountability Mechanisms]] for reviewing and reconsidering ICANN actions, inactions and decisions: | | Amendments to the [[ICANN Bylaws]] established four [[Accountability Mechanisms]] for reviewing and reconsidering ICANN actions, inactions and decisions: |
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| * [[Reconsideration]], | | * [[Reconsideration]], |
| * [[IRP|Independent Review]], and | | * [[IRP|Independent Review]], and |
− | * The office of the [[Ombudsman]] | + | * The office of the [[Ombudsman]]. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
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| <ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ccwg-accountability-issues-formal-update-on-progress-made-in-and-after-icann54-in-dublin CCWG-Accountability Issues Formal Update. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.]</ref> | | <ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ccwg-accountability-issues-formal-update-on-progress-made-in-and-after-icann54-in-dublin CCWG-Accountability Issues Formal Update. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.]</ref> |
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− | ===Accountability and Transparency Reviews== | + | ===Accountability and Transparency Reviews=== |
| Following the [[Affirmation of Commitments]], [[ICANN]] enshrined its commitment to ensuring the accountability and transparency of its decision-making in its bylaws and began reviewing the organization's fulfillment of this commitment in 2010 with the [[First Accountability and Transparency Review]]. Since then, a [[Second Accountability and Transparency Review]] and [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review]] have followed. | | Following the [[Affirmation of Commitments]], [[ICANN]] enshrined its commitment to ensuring the accountability and transparency of its decision-making in its bylaws and began reviewing the organization's fulfillment of this commitment in 2010 with the [[First Accountability and Transparency Review]]. Since then, a [[Second Accountability and Transparency Review]] and [[Third Accountability and Transparency Review]] have followed. |
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